CHAIRMAN:
Paul L. Ziemer, Ph.D.
Lafayette, Indiana

MEMBERS:

Bradley P. Clawson
Rexburg, Idaho

Michael H. Gibson
Franklin, Ohio

Mark A. Griffon
Salem, New Hampshire

James E. Lockey, M.D.
Cincinnati, Ohio

James M. Melius, M.D., Ph.D.
Albany, New York

Wanda |. Munn
Richland, Washington

John W. Poston, Sr., Ph.D.
College Station, Texas

Robert W. Presley
Clinton, Tennessee

Genevieve S. Roessler, Ph.D.

Elysian, Minnesota

STAFF:
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY:

Lewis V. Wade, Ph.D
Washington, DC

COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT :

LaShawn D. Shields
Atlanta, Georgia

ADVISORY BOARD ON RADIATION AND WORKER HEALTH
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(513) 533-08257907 JAN 23 p 3

January 2, 2007

The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20201

Dear Mr. Secretary:

The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (The Board) has
evaluated SEC Petition-00066 concerning workers at the Harshaw
Harvard-Denison Plant located at 1000 Harvard Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio
under the statutory requirements established by EEOICPA and
incorporated into 42 CFR Sec. 83.13 and 42 CFR Sec. 83.14. The Board
respectfully recommends a Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) be accorded to
all Atomic Weapons Employees who were monitored, or should have been
monitored, while working at the Harshaw Harvard-Denison Plant located at
1000 Harvard Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio for a number of work days
aggregating at least 250 work days during the period of August 14, 1942 to
November 30, 1949, or in combination with work days within the
parameters established for other classes of employees included in the SEC.
The Board notes that although NIOSH found that they were unable to
completely reconstruct radiation doses for these employees, they believe
that they are able to reconstruct components of the internal and external
dose, and therefore individuals with non-presumptive cancers may be
considered for partial dose reconstructions.

This recommendation is based on the following factors:

People working in the Harshaw Harvard-Denison Plant were exposed to
radiation from the production and processing of uranium compounds from.
1942 to 1955. In reviewing the available monitoring and other data for
these operations, NIOSH found that it did not have access to sufficient
information, including personnel dosimetry, workplace monitoring data, or
sufficient process and radiological source information, that would allow it
to estimate with sufficient accuracy the internal doses resulting from non-
uranium nuclides for the period from August 14, 1942 through November
30, 1949. The Board concurs with this determination.


The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt January 2, 2007

« NIOSH determined that health may have been endangered for the workers exposed to radiation
at the Harshaw Harvard-Denison Plant in Cleveland, Ohio within the time period in question.
The Board concurs with this determination.

Enclosed is supporting documentation from the recent Advisory Board Meeting held in Naperville,
Illinois where this special exposure cohort was discussed. If any of these items are unavailable at this
time, they will follow shortly.

Sincerely,

Paul L. Ziemer, Ph.D.
Chairman

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